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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 478,002, dated June 28,1892. pplication filed March 3l, 1892. Serial No. 427,266. (No model.)

'To all whom it may conceive.A

Be it known that I, JOHN GAETJE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort Wayne, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Counter, of which the following is aspecification.

rlhis invention relates to certain new and useful improvements infoot-rails for counters; and it consists in the construction andarrangement of the parts thereof, as will be more fully described andclaimed hereinafter.

The objectof this invention is to provide an improved foot-railing whichmay be easily raised or lifted from the fioor in order to enable thefloor under such railing to be thoroughly cleaned, the parts beingsimple and effective in their construction and operation j and readilyapplied.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of acounter, showing the improved foot-rail applied thereto. Fig. 2 is atransverse vertical section on the line x 0c,

Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the foot-railingdisconnected from the counter. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the partof the counter with the rail applied thereto and shown raised.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral views.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral l designates a counter havingaseries of sleeves 2 mounted therein at predetermined intervals andlocated at a suitable elevation above the level of the floor. Withinsaid sleeves is adjustably mounted a serios of bars or rods 3, havingT-heads 4, with apertures or openings extending therethrough. At one ormore vpoints along the counter a spring-catch 5 projects outwardly andhas a lug on the free end thereof adapted to engage a notch 6, formed inone of the said bars or rods 3, to thereby hold the same in an adjustedposition. One of the T-heads 4 o`f the said bars or rods 3 is formedwith aligned notches 7 in oneedgeV thereof, and it will be`understoodthat the exact location of this notched construction, as shown in theaccompanying drawings, is not actually necessary for the best results,as the same may be located elsewhere .with equally good results. Thesaid T-heads 4 are arranged in alignment, and therein is loosely mountedthe foot-rail 8, which is adeach other and are adapted to engage thenotches 7 in one of the said T-heads 4, as set forth, to hold the saidrailing in adjusted position. The bars 3 may be moved in and out of thesleeves 2, and the parts are so arranged that when the said bars areextended outward a sufficient distance the spring-catch 5 will engagethe adjacently-situated bar and sustain a fixed adjustment of thefoot-railing outward from the counter. By disengaging the pins 1l fromthe notches 7 in one of the- T-heads 4, as set forth, by sliding saidfootrailing longitudinally the same may be turned or rotated and thelegs or feet 10 thereof thrown upward out of the way to thereby leave aclear space under the foot-rail as an entirety for cleaning the iioor.

The advantages of a device of this character are readily apparent, andowing to the simplicity of structure it is readily manufactured andcheaply sold. The double adjustment of the foot-railing both in a longitudi-v nal and a rotary manner, as well as of the bars or rodscarrying the said foot-railing outward from and into the counter,renders the device exceptionally convenient.

The sleeves 2 might be readily dispensed with and the bars or rodsf3could readily move in openings in the front of the counter and actequally as well as whenthe sleeves were employed. This would involve nodeparture from the invention, as will be readily apparent.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isl. Incombination with a counter, a footrailing having a longitudinal and arotary adjustment and horizontally-disposed supports connected to saidrailing and movable inward and outward through the counter,substantially as described.

2. In combination with a counter, a footrailing having a longitudinaland a rotary adjustment, sleeves mounted in said counter, and supportsadjustably mounted in said IOO from said railing and supports therefor,one of which has notches adapted to be engaged by said pins,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as I5 my own I have heretoaffixed my signature in the presence of t\vo Witnesses.

JOHN GAETJE.

XVltnesses:

HENRY ORFF, CHARLES O. LEPPER.

